In the Media

Panel Discussion: Ruth Asawa, Art & Life

Addie Lanier, the artist’s daughter, and Marilyn Chase, the artist’s biographer, discuss how Asawa’s art and life were intertwined. Gain insights into Asawa’s creative process and the profound impact her poetic works on paper have had on her family and community.
The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
May 9, 2024

Pandemics and Pop Culture: Fiction or Reality?

Inspired in part by the new PBS documentary film, “Plague at the Golden Gate,” Marilyn engages in a conversation with Ian Lipkin, professor of epidemiology, pathology and neurology, where they compare real-life pandemics and their pop-culture analogues.
Past Forward, American Experience, PBS
May 31, 2022

The Life and Work of Ruth Asawa

Marilyn joins Jesse to talk about Ruth's early life and artistic influences, her unique experiences while in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II, and her lasting artistic legacy.
Bullseye With Jesse Thorn, NPR
August 21, 2020

Black Mountain College: A Conversation with Marilyn Chase on Ruth Asawa

BMCM+AC presents a conversation with Marilyn Chase, author of the newly published biography of artist and BMC alumna Ruth Asawa, "Everything She Touched: The Life of Ruth Asawa."
Black Mountain College + Arts Center
July 22, 2020

Tadaima Book Club: Everything She Touched

Everything She Touched recounts the incredible life of American sculptor Ruth Asawa (1926–2013), a woman who wielded imagination and hope in the face of intolerance and who transformed everything she touched into art.
Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages
July 17, 2020

Arts Club of Chicago: Author Marilyn Chase on the Life of Artist Ruth Asawa

Arts Club of Chicago Executive Director Janine Mileaf interviews Marilyn Chase on the publication of her book, Everything She Touched: The Life of Ruth Asawa.
The Arts Club of Chicago
July 16, 2020

Berkeley JACL: Virtual Book Talk

Watch the Zoom recording of Marilyn Chase’s virtual book talk hosted by the Berkeley chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League.
Berkeley JACL
July 16, 2020

The Japanese-American Sculptor Who, Despite Persecution, Made Her Mark

Seven years after her death, Ruth Asawa is finally being recognized as an American master. What can we learn from this overdue reappraisal?
T: The New York Times Style Magazine
July 20, 2020

The Life of Ruth Asawa — Virtual Silent Book Club with Marilyn Chase

Author and journalist Marilyn Chase discusses the life and work of American sculptor Ruth Asawa in this virtual Silent Book Club.
Silent Book Club
May 19, 2020

Inside the Life of Transformational Artist Ruth Asawa

In a series called “New Arrivals” KALW-FM features San Francisco author Marilyn Chase reading from her new book "Everything She Touched: The Life of Ruth Asawa."
KALW-FM
April 28, 2020

Masters of Modern Design: The Art of the Japanese America Experience

Season 10, Episode 1
KCET Artbound

The Forgotten History of Japanese American Designers World War II Internment

Revisiting the link between detention and design history, 75 years after FDR’s executive order.
Curbed
January 31, 2017

Long Before Coronavirus, Bubonic Plague Panicked California. A Cover-Up Toppled the Governor

The Sacramento Bee
March 1, 2020

The First Time the Plague Broke Out in the US, Officials Tried to Deny It

In 1900, newspapers and politicians claimed the doctor trying to stop the plague had made the whole thing up.
History.com
Updated March 23, 2020; Originally published November 15, 2019

Chinatown

Review of ‘The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco”
The New York Times
April 27, 2003